[Radiance-general] genklemsamp.pl error on Windows

[Mostapha Sadeghipour]

So the problem with the code was $ENV{'TMP'} returns a HASH and Windows
couldn't create the temp folder. I assigned "c:\temp" as the temporary
folder so the code creates the temp folder however it cannot execute the
xform command later.

system "xform -m void @ARGV | oconv - > $td/surf.oct";

I tested it on Windows7 and Windows8 and I assume it is a permission issue
since if I type the same command in the command line, it just works fine
and creates surf.oct in the folder (attached!).

I think if I can find a way to run the commands in an elevated mode from
the Perl script, and modify all (system "do something") lines, then the
script should work just fine in Windows.

Mostapha

On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Mostapha Sadeghipour <sadeghipour at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Hi Thomas and Rob,
>
> Thank you Thomas for the reply. Here is the result:
>
> Global symbol "$tmploc" requires explicit package name at C:\Radiance\bin\
> genklemsamp.pl line 75.
> Global symbol "$tmploc" requires explicit package name at C:\Radiance\bin\
> genklemsamp.pl line 76.
> Execution of C:\Radiance\bin\genklemsamp.pl aborted due to compilation
> errors.
>
> I tried to solve the proble by adding "my $tmploc;" outside the block but
> it then is giving me a similar error to what I had yesterday. I also tried
> to change the location to c:\\temp to make sure it is not a permission
> issue:
>
> if ($windoz) {
>     my $tmploc;
>
>     if (exists $ENV{'TMP'}) {
>         my $tmploc = $ENV{'TMP'};
>     } else {
>         my $tmploc = "C:\\Temp";
>     }
>     chomp($tmploc);
> ...
>
> Here is the error again (line 76 is the last line in the code:
> "chomp($tmploc);")
>
> Use of uninitialized value $tmploc in scalar chomp at C:\Radiance\bin\
> genklemsamp.pl line 76.
> Use of uninitialized value $tmploc in concatenation (.) or string at
> C:\Radiance\bin\genklemsamp.pl line 77.
> Can't spawn "cmd.exe": No such file or directory at C:\Radiance\bin\
> genklemsamp.pl line 107.
> Use of uninitialized value in split at C:\Radiance\bin\genklemsamp.plline 115.
> Use of uninitialized value $bcube[3] in multiplication (*) at
> C:\Radiance\bin\genklemsamp.pl line 116.
> Use of uninitialized value $bcube[3] in division (/) at C:\Radiance\bin\
> genklemsamp.pl line 118.
> Use of uninitialized value in addition (+) at C:\Radiance\bin\
> genklemsamp.pl line 118.
> Use of uninitialized value $bcube[3] in division (/) at C:\Radiance\bin\
> genklemsamp.pl line 118.
> Use of uninitialized value in addition (+) at C:\Radiance\bin\
> genklemsamp.pl line 118.
> Use of uninitialized value $bcube[3] in division (/) at C:\Radiance\bin\
> genklemsamp.pl line 118.
> Use of uninitialized value in addition (+) at C:\Radiance\bin\
> genklemsamp.pl line 118.
>
> vwright: illegal horizontal view size
> Illegal division by zero at C:\Radiance\bin\genklemsamp.pl line 123.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 1:05 PM, Guglielmetti, Robert <
> Robert.Guglielmetti at nrel.gov> wrote:
>
>> …and be sure and report success back on this channel! Anything that
>> improves Windows compatibility will want to make its way back into the
>> source. =)****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> - Rob****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> *From:* Thomas Bleicher [mailto:tbleicher at gmail.com]
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 24, 2013 9:14 PM
>> *To:* Radiance general discussion
>> *Subject:* Re: [Radiance-general] genklemsamp.pl error on Windows****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Hi Mostapha****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Try to replace ****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> if ($windoz) {
>>     my $tmploc = `echo \%TMP\%`;
>>     chomp($tmploc);
>>     ...****
>>
>>
>> with
>>
>> if ($windoz) {
>>     if (exists $ENV{'TMP'}) {
>>         my $tmploc = $ENV{'TMP'};
>>     } else {
>>         my $tmploc = "C:\\Windows\\Temp";
>>     }
>>     chomp($tmploc);
>>     ...
>>
>>
>> Warning: Untested! ****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Regards,****
>>
>> Thomas****
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 7:53 PM, Mostapha Sadeghipour <
>> sadeghipour at gmail.com> wrote:****
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm trying to run the 3 phase method to on Windows and there are some
>> problems with running genklemsamp.pl. Not to say that I'm using Andy's
>> tutorial as the reference.
>>
>>
>> If I run genklemsamp by defining window properties it works fine:
>>
>> >> genklemsamp -vp 50 0 25 -vh 80 -vv 40 -vd 0 -1 0 > samplerays_1.dat
>>
>>
>> However it crashes if I pass a window geometry file:
>>
>> >> genklemsamp.pl -vd 0 -1 0 window.rad****
>>
>> Use of uninitialized value $tmploc in scalar chomp at C:\Radiance\bin\
>> genklemsamp.pl line 71.
>> Use of uninitialized value $tmploc in concatenation (.) or string at
>> C:\Radiance\bin\genklemsamp.pl line 72.
>> Can't spawn "cmd.exe": No such file or directory at C:\Radiance\bin\
>> genklemsamp.pl line 102.
>> Use of uninitialized value in split at C:\Radiance\bin\genklemsamp.plline 110.
>> Use of uninitialized value $bcube[3] in multiplication (*) at
>> C:\Radiance\bin\genklemsamp.pl line 111.
>> Use of uninitialized value $bcube[3] in division (/) at C:\Radiance\bin\
>> genklemsamp.pl line 113.
>> Use of uninitialized value in addition (+) at C:\Radiance\bin\
>> genklemsamp.pl line 113.
>> Use of uninitialized value $bcube[3] in division (/) at C:\Radiance\bin\
>> genklemsamp.pl line 113.
>> Use of uninitialized value in addition (+) at C:\Radiance\bin\
>> genklemsamp.pl line 113.
>> Use of uninitialized value $bcube[3] in division (/) at C:\Radiance\bin\
>> genklemsamp.pl line 113.
>> Use of uninitialized value in addition (+) at C:\Radiance\bin\
>> genklemsamp.pl line 113.
>> vwright: illegal horizontal view size
>> Illegal division by zero at C:\Radiance\bin\genklemsamp.pl line 118.****
>>
>>
>> There is an issue with $tmploc on line 71 which is apparently only needed
>> for Windows systems. I tried to pass a different path to the variable as a
>> string but I couldn't solve the problem. Here is the lines 69-71.
>>
>> if ($windoz) {
>>     my $tmploc = `echo \%TMP\%`;
>>     chomp($tmploc);
>>     ....
>>
>> Anyone knows how can I get genklemsamp to work on Windows?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Mostapha****
>>
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